AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Speech Language Pathology

Area of Expertise

Fluency and its Disorders, Voice and its disorders

Area of Research

Stuttering and Voice disorders

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Membership of the Professional bodies:

• Life member of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
• Life member of the Indian Speech & Hearing Association (ISHA)
• Life member of the International Cluttering Association.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• April 2023, Best Paper Award for the research titled “Effect of age and hearing loss on temporal processing abilities: a comparison between parsing syllable envelope (ParSE) test and temporal modulation transfer function (TMTF) test” at 2023 EPIKCON- Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India.
• November 2022, Best Paper Award for the research titled “Effect of speech sample position on the aspects of stuttering in individuals who stutter” at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Health Care and Technical Research (ICHTR), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
• March 2022, NIDCD Travel Grant Award by the International Fluency Association to present at the Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering 2022 Montreal, Canada May 27-30, 2022.
• January 2021, Travers Reid Award for best paper presentation titled ‘Adaptation and validation of the Speech Situation Checklist-Emotional Reaction (SSC-ER) for Kannada-speaking school-age children who do and do not stutter’, 12^th Oxford Dysfluency Conference, Online event, Oxford, UK. [Award open to any student whose research project was undertaken within the last three years on the subject of stammering in childhood. Presenters are judged on the strength and potential value of the research, and the standard of the presentation given at the Conference. The recipient of the award will receive £300].
• February 2020, Dr B M Abrol Award for best paper in Speech and Language Pathology for the paper ‘Comparison of relative efficacy of prolonged speech and pause and talk technique in school-age children who stutter’. Paper presented at the 52^nd Indian Speech and Hearing Association Conference, Chandigarh, India.
• February 2019, Dr B. M. Abrol Award for best paper presentation in speech category for the paper titled ‘Adaptation and Validation of The Speech Situation Checklist (SSC) To Kannada Speaking School-Going Children Who Stutter’ at the 51^st Indian Speech and Hearing Association Conference, held at NIMHANS Bengaluru, India.

INVITED TALKS: Seminar / Conference/ Workshop

• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2024, May). Early intervention approaches for preschool and school-going children who stutter “Recent Advances in the Assessment and Management of Stuttering” accredited by the Rehabilitative Council of India (RCI).  Organized by the JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2024, March). Management of stuttering in pre-school and school-age children who stutter, in the seminar “Organized by the Speech Science Centre, Hubli, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2023, May). Moderator for the Stuttering Webinar Series Organized by the Uncleft Team, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2023, Jan). Stuttering: Assessment and management and its recent advancements in the Paediatric population Organized by the Centre for Advanced Pediatric and Adult Rehabilitation (CAPAAR), Bengaluru.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2022, November). Stuttering Management in school-age Children who stutter, Organized by the SIG-PP (Special Interest Group-Private Practitioners), Indian Speech and Hearing Association, ISHA.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2022, May). An overview of the assessment and management of communication disorders in the pediatric population and Counselling for communication disorders in the webinar “One-day Virtual Workshop on the Assessment and Management of Pediatric Communication and Swallowing Disorders” Organized by the Centre for Advanced Pediatric and Adult Rehabilitation (CAPAAR), Bengaluru.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2022, April). Educational Model for Children with Multiple Disability, in the seminar “Current Educational Model for Children with Communication Disorder” accredited by the Rehabilitative Council of India (RCI) Organized by the Department of Speech and Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions (MCHP), Manipal.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2022, February). Management of stuttering in school-age children who stutter, Ni-FAM (Nitte Webinar on Fluency Assessment and Management) Organized by Nitte Institute of Speech and Hearing, Nitte (DU).
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2021, August). Role of a speech-language pathologist in the management of aphasia, Indian Association of Physiotherapy Women’s Cell (IAPWS) Foundation Day Conference.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2021, June). Role of a speech-language pathologist in the management of aphasia, on the occasion of national aphasia awareness month organised by the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, AVMC, Puducherry.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2019, December). Myths and Facts about Stuttering, on the occasion of International stuttering awareness day (ISAD) organised by the Department of Clinical Services, AIISH, Mysore

PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/SEMINARS

• Binu, A. S, Varma. M, and Veerabhadrappa, R. C. (2024, January). Neuropsychiatric Syndrome in Adults- A Case Study. Paper presented at the 55^th ISHACON, Kolkata, India.
• Binu, A. S, Varma. M, and Veerabhadrappa, R. C. (2024, January). Dysphagia Secondary to Organophosphorus Compound Poisoning - A Case Study. Paper presented at the 55^th ISHACON, Kolkata, India.
• Clarine Maria, Veerabhadrappa, R. C.  Jane Dcruz, and Sunila John (2023, October). Comparison of oral and laryngeal diadochokinetic rates in Kannada-speaking young adults. Paper presented at the 2023 KSB-ISHACON, Kozhikode, India.
• Hashmitha Balaji, Shabanam Sharif, and Veerabhadrappa, R. C. (2023, October). Clinical profiling of degenerative cervical myelopathy from speech-language pathologists’ perspectives - A case study. Paper presented at the 2023 KSB-ISHACON, Kozhikode, India.
• Jeo Baby, Preethika Raja, Vishal K, Dhrruvakumar, D, Praveen Kumar C G and Veerabhadrappa, R. C. (2023, April). “Adaptation and validation of complete intelligibility spatiality and quality questionnaire in Tamil language” - Paper presented at the 2023 EPICON, Kochi, India.
• Jeo Baby, Anish Benadict A, Vishal K, Dhrruvakumar, D, Praveen Kumar C G and Veerabhadrappa, R. C. (2023, April). “Effect of age and hearing loss on temporal processing abilities: a comparison between parsing syllable envelope (ParSE) test and temporal modulation transfer function (TMTF) test” - Paper presented at the 2023 EPICON, Kochi, India.
• Sadaf Fathima, & Veerabhadrappa, R. C. (2023, April). “Aphonia Followed by Endotracheal Intubation – A case study”- Paper presented at the Manipal Research Colloquium (MRC) held at Dr TMA Pai Hall, KMC, Manipal, India.
• Aditi Hegde, Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Devadas, U. (2023, February). “Acquired Neurogenic Stuttering – A Case Study”- Paper presented at the 54^th ISHACON held at Constitution Club of India, Delhi, India.
• Sanika Watve, Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Devadas, U. (2023, February). “Clinical Profiling from Speech-Language Pathologists Perspectives in Wallenberg Syndrome- A Case Series” - Paper presented at the 54^th ISHACON held at Constitution Club of India, Delhi, India.
• Dhrruvakumar, S., Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Kooknoor, V. (2023, February). “Development and Validation of the Perceptual Performance Test in the Malayalam Language” - Paper presented at the 54^th ISHACON held at Constitution Club of India, Delhi, India.
• Dhrruvakumar, S., Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Kooknoor, V. (2023, February). “Does Aided Signal-to-Noise Ratio Predict Speech Perception in Noise in Older Adults with Sensorineural Hearing Loss?” - Paper presented at the 54^th ISHACON held at Constitution Club of India, Delhi, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Phadke, K. V. (2022, November). “Clinical utility of Cepstral Peak Prominence in voice evaluation - A Pilot Study” Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Health Care and Technical Research (ICHTR), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Mansi S Roy, Monish Vasudev, & Maruthy, S. (2022, November).  “Effect of speech sample position on the aspects of stuttering in individuals who stutter” Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Health Care and Technical Research (ICHTR), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R.C., Manjunatha, C., Sulthana, H., Maruthy, S., & St. Louis, K.O. (2022, May). Students, Teachers and Public attitudes toward stuttering in India. Paper presented at the Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering, Montreal, Canada.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Vanryckeghem, M., & Maruthy, S. (2022, May). Communication Attitude between Kannada and Hindi speaking Children with and without stuttering: A Comparison. Paper presented at the Joint World Congress on Stuttering and Cluttering, Montreal, Canada.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Vanryckeghem, M., & Maruthy, S. (2021, November). The Relationship between Speech-associated Attitude and Anxiety in Kannada-speaking Children and Adolescents Who Stutter. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, DC.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Vanryckeghem, M., & Maruthy, S. (2021, November). Communication Attitude Test Validation In Kannada-Speaking Children And Adults Who Do And Do Not Stutter. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, DC.
• Kumar, G. B., & Veerabhadrappa, R. C., (2021, August). Dysarthria with oropharyngeal dysphagia secondary to gangliocapsular intraparenchymal haemorrhage- a case report. Paper presented at the 4^th Asia Oceanian Congress on Neuro Rehabilitation (AOCNR), online event, India.
• Saravanan, G., Gopi, A, P., Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Dalvi, U, A., (2021, August). Aphasia with apraxia secondary to arteriovenous malformation rupture – a case report. Paper presented at the 4^th Asia Oceanian Congress on Neuro Rehabilitation (AOCNR), online event, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Maruthy, S. (2021, January). Efficacy of prolonged speech and pause and talk techniques in school-aged children who stutter: a comparison. Paper presented at the 12^th Oxford Dysfluency Conference, Online event, Oxford, UK.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Vanryckeghem, M., & Maruthy, S. (2021, January). Adaptation and validation of the Speech Situation Checklist-Emotional Reaction (SSC-ER) for Kannada-speaking school-age children who do and do not stutter. Paper presented at the 12^th Oxford Dysfluency Conference, Online event, Oxford, UK.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Vanryckeghem, M., & Maruthy, S. (2020, November). Communication Attitude Test Validation In Kannada-Speaking Children And Adults Who Do And Do Not Stutter. Paper accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention cancelled due to Covid19).
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Maruthy, S. (2020, February). Comparison of the relative efficacy of the prolonged speech and pause and talk techniques in school-age children who stutter. Paper presented at the 52^nd ISHACON held at PGI Chandigarh, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Krishnakumar, J., & Maruthy, S. (2020, February). Adaptation and Validation of Communication Attitude Test (BigCAT) for Kannada Speaking Adults Who Stutter. Paper presented at the 52^nd ISHACON held at PGI Chandigarh, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Santosh, M. (2019, February). Adaptation and Validation of Communication Attitude Test (CAT) to Kannada Speaking School-Going Children Who Stutter. Paper presented at the 51^st ISHACON held at NIMHANS Bengaluru, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Santosh, M. (2019, February). Adaptation and Validation of The Speech Situation Checklist (SSC) To Kannada Speaking School-Going Children Who Stutter. Paper presented at the 51^st ISHACON held at NIMHANS Bengaluru, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Deena Priya B. J., Bhavya M. & Wasim Ahmed. (2013, February). Audiological Profile in Osteoporosis. Paper Presented at 45^th ISHACON held at Chennai, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C, Deena Priya B. J., Narasimhan S.V, & Sudha P Nair. (2013, February), Comparison of Word Emphasis in Ace and Cis Speech Coding Strategy - CI Study. Paper Presented at 45^th ISHACON held at Chennai, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Kiran N., Vineetha C.V., Chaitra C., & Vishal K. (2013, February). Effect of Analog and Digital Hearing Aid Processing on Brain Stem Encoding of Speech. Paper Presented at 45^th ISHACON held at Chennai, India.
• Veerabhadrappa, R. C., Kiran, N., Deepthi M., Suma R., and N. P Nataraja. (2011, January). Familiarity of Pictures Used in Test of Articulation in Kannada. Paper Presented at 43^rd ISHACON held at Kolkata, India.